The App State women's track and field team capped the first day of competition at Virginia Tech's Doc Hale Meet on Friday. The Mountaineers tallied nine top-20
This week on Inside Appalachia, Karly Hartzman of Asheville indie rock band Wednesday, talks about songwriting, place and spending a lot of time with a band on tour. We also meet Emily Jones Hudson, who started a workshop to try and reinvigorate quilting in her community in Kentucky. Also, we check in with the Alabama Astronaut and learn about a uniquely Appalachian form of art – religious music heard only in snake-handling churches.
Quiltmaking is an artform that has been passed down for generations throughout Appalachia. But a few years ago, local community activist Emily Jones Hudson noticed that quilting wasn’t as popular as it once was, particularly in Hazard’s Black community.
Rebecca “Becky” Cornett Massey describe herself as being enthusiastic and a teammate.
When hearing the new chair of the VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center Advisory Board discuss the center’s role in the Richmond community, her enthusiasm in being part of the center’s team is evident.
A community celebration was held to observe Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Jan. 16. During the ceremony, hosted by the Consolidated Baptist Church, members of the Southeast Kentucky African